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Anime
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Anime is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the pronunciation of animation in Japanese, where this term references all animation. Arguably, the abstract approach to the words meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan. For simplicity, many Westerners strictly view anime as a Japanese animation product, some scholars suggest defining anime as specifically or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form of orientalism. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and Japanese anime production has continued to increase steadily. Anime is distributed theatrically, by way of television broadcasts, directly to home media and it is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. Anime is an art form with distinctive production methods and techniques that have been adapted over time in response to emergent technologies. It consists of an ideal story-telling mechanism, combining art, characterization, cinematography. The production of anime focuses less on the animation of movement and more on the realism of settings as well as the use of effects, including panning, zooming. Being hand-drawn, anime is separated from reality by a gap of fiction that provides an ideal path for escapism that audiences can immerse themselves into with relative ease. Diverse art styles are used and character proportions and features can be quite varied, the anime industry consists of over 430 production studios, including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax, and Toei Animation. Despite comprising only a fraction of Japans domestic film market, anime makes up a majority of Japanese DVD sales and it has also seen international success after the rise of English-dubbed programming. This rise in popularity has resulted in non-Japanese productions using the anime art style. Anime is an art form, specifically animation, that all genres found in cinema. In Japanese, the term refers to all forms of animation from around the world. In English, anime is more used to denote a Japanese-style animated film or television entertainment or as a style of animation created in Japan. The etymology of the anime is disputed. The English term animation is written in Japanese katakana as アニメーション and is アニメ in its shortened form, in English, anime—when used as a common noun—normally functions as a mass noun
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Manga
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Manga are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art, the term manga in Japan is a word used to refer to both comics and cartooning. Manga as a term used outside Japan refers to comics published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages read manga, many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry, representing a ¥406 billion market in Japan in 2007. Manga have also gained a significant worldwide audience, in Europe and the Middle East the market was worth $250 million in 2012. In 2008, in the U. S. and Canada, the market was valued at $175 million, the markets in France. Manga stories are printed in black-and-white, although some full-color manga exist. In Japan, manga are usually serialized in manga magazines, often containing many stories. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in tankōbon volumes, frequently but not exclusively, a manga artist typically works with a few assistants in a small studio and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing company. If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even during its run, sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing live-action or animated films. Manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in parts of the world, particularly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. The word manga comes from the Japanese word 漫画, composed of the two kanji 漫 meaning whimsical or impromptu and 画 meaning pictures, rakuten Kitazawa first used the word manga in the modern sense. In Japanese, manga refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, among English speakers, manga has the stricter meaning of Japanese comics, in parallel to the usage of anime in and outside Japan. The term ani-manga is used to describe comics produced from animation cels, writers on manga history have described two broad and complementary processes shaping modern manga. One view emphasizes events occurring during and after the U. S, occupation of Japan, and stresses U. S. cultural influences, including U. S. comics and images and themes from U. S. television, film, and cartoons. Regardless of its source, an explosion of artistic creativity certainly occurred in the period, involving manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy quickly became popular in Japan and elsewhere
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Video game
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A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game referred to a raster display device. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial, the electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms, examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld computing devices, the input device used for games, the game controller, varies across platforms. Common controllers include gamepads, joysticks, mouse devices, keyboards, the touchscreens of mobile devices, and buttons, or even, with the Kinect sensor, a persons hands and body. Players typically view the game on a screen or television or computer monitor, or sometimes on virtual reality head-mounted display goggles. There are often game sound effects, music and, in the 2010s, some games in the 2000s include haptic, vibration-creating effects, force feedback peripherals and virtual reality headsets. In the 2010s, the game industry is of increasing commercial importance, with growth driven particularly by the emerging Asian markets and mobile games. As of 2015, video games generated sales of USD74 billion annually worldwide, early games used interactive electronic devices with various display formats. The earliest example is from 1947—a Cathode ray tube Amusement Device was filed for a patent on 25 January 1947, by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann, and issued on 14 December 1948, as U. S. Written by MIT students Martin Graetz, Steve Russell, and Wayne Wiitanens on a DEC PDP-1 computer in 1961, and the hit ping pong-style Pong, used the DEC PDP-1s vector display to have two spaceships battle each other. In 1971, Computer Space, created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was the first commercially sold and it used a black-and-white television for its display, and the computer system was made of 74 series TTL chips. The game was featured in the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green, Computer Space was followed in 1972 by the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console. Modeled after a late 1960s prototype console developed by Ralph H. Baer called the Brown Box and these were followed by two versions of Ataris Pong, an arcade version in 1972 and a home version in 1975 that dramatically increased video game popularity. The commercial success of Pong led numerous other companies to develop Pong clones and their own systems, the game inspired arcade machines to become prevalent in mainstream locations such as shopping malls, traditional storefronts, restaurants, and convenience stores. The game also became the subject of articles and stories on television and in newspapers and magazines. Space Invaders was soon licensed for the Atari VCS, becoming the first killer app, the term platform refers to the specific combination of electronic components or computer hardware which, in conjunction with software, allows a video game to operate. The term system is commonly used
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Los Angeles Convention Center
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The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest portion of downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo and its newest major events are the Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball, Microsoft WPC, Abilities Expo, and frequent TV show and movie filmings. The Convention Center, designed by architect Charles Luckman, opened in 1971 and it was originally built as a rectangle building, between Pico Boulevard and 11th Street on Figueroa Street. The northeast portion of the Center was demolished in 1997 to make way for the Staples Center, the Convention Center Annex of green glass and white steel frames, mainly on the south side of Pico, was designed by architect James Ingo Freed. The area in front of the Convention Center is known as the Gilbert Lindsay Plaza, a 10-foot -high monument honoring The Emperor of the Great 9th District was unveiled in 1995. The drive between Figueroa Street and the Convention Center building is named after Councilman Lindsay. On March 1,1983, a tornado caused damages to the roof, the building was repaired and new Convention Center lettering signs were installed at a total cost of $3 million. Since 2005, the center has hosted the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute two nights prior to the Grammy Awards. It also hosted the pre-telecast portion of the Grammy Awards until 2013, in 2013, the Los Angeles City Council voted to let Anschutz Entertainment Group manage the Convention Center. The LACC is one of the largest convention centers in the United States with over 720,000 sq ft of space,147,000 sq ft of meeting space,1,960,000 sq ft of parking. The lobby floors in the half of the building feature two large 140,000 sq ft multicolor maps of inlaid terrazzo. The project was installed by artist Alexis Smith in 1993, a map of the world centered on the Pacific Rim covers the entire floor of the main lobby, while a map of the constellations around the north celestial pole covers the floor of the upstairs lobby. The development proposal was abandoned in March 2015, a new proposal was developed in 2015, approved by city hall and a design team was chosen. A new convention hall, called LACOEX, would be built, construction and approval is set to commence by 2019. Los Angeles 2024 organizers plan to use the center for various sports. It will be apart of the Live Site Olympic Zone down Figueroa St. William M
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Saint Seiya
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Saint Seiya, also known as Saint Seiya, Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1990, the Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Greek goddess Athena in her battle against other Olympian gods who want to dominate Earth. The manga was adapted into a television series by Toei Animation that ran from 1986 to 1989. Four animated feature films were shown in Japanese theaters from 1987 to 1989, with a fifth in 2004, since 2006, creator Kurumada has been publishing a sequel manga titled Saint Seiya, Next Dimension. Several spin-off manga by different authors have also created, as well as a standalone anime. Saint Seiya has been successful, with over 34 million copies sold in Japan alone. Both the original manga and the adaptation were also successful in other Asian, European and American countries, however. In North America the manga is licensed by Viz Media, the anime has been released by both DIC Entertainment and ADV Films, and the first four films were released by Discotek Media. Because his sister disappeared the same day Seiya went to the Sanctuary, Saori Kido, in this tournament, all the orphans who survived and became Bronze Saints must fight to win the most powerful Cloth, The Sagittarius Gold Cloth. If Seiya goes to compete there and wins, Saori would start a search to find Seiyas sister, the tournament is interrupted by the revengeful Phoenix Bronze Saint, Ikki, who wishes to eliminate track from the people who forced him undergo his training. He steals parts from the Sagittarius Cloth and eventually fights against the remaining Bronze Saints, Seiya, Shun, Shiryū, upon Ikkis defeat, the Bronze Saints are attacked by the Silver Saints sent by the Sanctuarys Pope to eliminate them. When they remain victorious, the Bronze Saints learn that Saori is Athenas reincarnation, the Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos saved Saori but was killed shortly afterwards and gave Saori to her adopted grandfather, Mitsumasa Kido. Deciding to join forces with Saori, the Bronze Saints go to the Sanctuary to defeat the Pope, believing the Pope may be able to heal her, the Bronze Saints go to find him. To do so, they have to go through 12 temples, following several battles, Seiya gets to the Popes temple and learns that he is the Gold Saint Gemini Saga, who in his madness killed the real Pope to obtain more power. With help from his friends Cosmos, Seiya is able to knock out Saga, shortly afterwards, Saga, having come to his senses, commits suicide as a self-punishment. In the second arc, the Greek god Poseidon reincarnates within the body of Julian Solo, the heir to a rich and powerful family. Saori goes to his Temple, where Julian offers her to reduce the flooding by absorbing the water inside the Oceans Central Pillar, following Saori, Seiya, Hyōga, Shun and Shiryū go to Poseidons underwater Temple and are confronted by his underlings, the Marines. As Seiya, Hyōga, and Shiryū make their way to Julian, Ikki learns that the mastermind behind this war is Sagas twin, Gemini Kanon, during the final battle, Poseidons spirit awakes within Julian and manages to defeat his opponents
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Sailor Moon
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Sailor Moon is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997, the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 tankōbon volumes. The series follows the adventures of a schoolgirl named Usagi Tsukino as she transforms into the titular character to search for a magical artifact called the Legendary Silver Crystal. The 18 manga volumes have been adapted into a series titled Sailor Moon which was produced by Toei Animation. The series was broadcast from 1992 to 1997 in Japan over the course of five seasons along with three films, a television special, and three short films produced during the same period. A live-action television adaptation titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon aired from 2003 to 2004, the manga series was licensed for an English language release by Kodansha Comics in North America, and in Australia and New Zealand by Random House Australia. The entire anime series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia, since its release, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon has received wide critical acclaim and has become one of the most popular manga and anime series worldwide. The entire series has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, making of it one of the highest selling shōjo series ever, the anime is popular in several countries and is arguably one of the most influential in boosting the popularity of Japanese animation in Western culture. Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon is often cited with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls and for revitalizing the magical girl genre. The franchise is also credited with redefining the genre, as previous magical girls did not use their powers to evil. Luna and Usagi assemble a team of fellow Sailor Soldiers to find their princess, additionally, they encounter Mamoru Chiba, a high-school student who assists them on occasion as Tuxedo Mask. In the first arc, the battles the Dark Kingdom. Led by Queen Beryl, a team of generals—the Four Kings of Heaven —attempt to find the Silver Crystal to free an imprisoned, Usagi and her team discover that in their previous lives they were members of the ancient moon kingdom called Silver Millennium. The Dark Kingdom waged war against them, resulting in the destruction of the moon kingdom, the team recognize Usagi as the reincarnated Serenity and Mamoru as Endymion. The Soldiers kill the Four Kings, who turn out to have been Endymions guardians who defected in their past lives. In a final confrontation with the Dark Kingdom, Minako kills Queen Beryl, she, using the Silver Crystal, Usagi succeeds in killing Metaria and resurrects her friends. At the beginning of the arc, Usagi and Mamorus daughter Chibiusa arrives from the future to find the Silver Crystal. As a result, the Soldiers encounter Wiseman and his Black Moon Clan, Chibiusa takes the Soldiers to the future city Crystal Tokyo, where her parents rule as Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion
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Cosplay
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Cosplay, a contraction of the words costume play, is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture and a use of the term cosplay applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage. Any entity that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject, favorite sources include manga and anime, comic books and cartoons, video games, and live-action films and television series. The term cosplay is a Japanese portmanteau of the English terms costume, the term was coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi of Studio Hard while attending the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles. He was impressed by the hall and the fans and reported on both in Japanese magazine My Anime. The coinage reflects a common Japanese method of abbreviation in which the first two moras of a pair of words are used to form an independent compound, costume becomes kosu, Costume parties or fancy dress parties were popular from the 19th century onwards. Most specific costumes described therein are for historical figures although some are sourced from fiction, one of the earliest recorded examples of costuming based on an existing character from popular media were costumes based on A. D. Condos science fiction comic character Mr. Skygack, from Mars, in 1908, a Mr. and Mrs. William Fell attended a masquerade at a skating rink in Cincinnati, Ohio wearing Mr. Skygack and Miss Dillpickles costumes. Shortly after, in 1910, a woman won first prize at masquerade ball in Tacoma. The first people to wear costumes to attend a convention were science fiction fans Forrest J Ackerman, paul and the 1936 film Things to Come, designed and created by Douglas. Ackerman later stated that he thought everyone was supposed to wear a costume at a science fiction convention, although only he and Douglas did. Fan costuming caught on, however, and the 2nd Worldcon, david Kyle won the masquerade wearing a Ming the Merciless costume created by Leslie Perri, while Robert A. W. Lowndes received second place with a Bar Senestro costume. Other costumed attendees included guest of honor E. E. Smith as Northwest Smith and both Ackerman and Douglas wearing their futuristicostumes again, masquerades and costume balls continued to be part of World Science Fiction Convention tradition thereafter. Early Worldcon masquerade balls featured a band, dancing, food, contestants either walked across a stage or a cleared area of the dance floor. Ackerman wore a Hunchbackerman of Notre Dame costume to the 3rd Worldcon in 1941, which included a designed and created by Ray Harryhausen. Douglas wore an Akka costume, the mask made by Harryhausen, to the 3rd Worldcon. Rules governing costumes became established in response to specific costumes and costuming trends, the first nude contestant at a Worldcon masquerade was in 1952 but the height of this trend was in the 1970s and early 1980s, with a few every year. This eventually led to No Costume is No Costume rule, which banned full nudity, mike Resnick describes the best of the nude costumes as Kris Lundi wearing a harpy costume to the 32nd Worldcon in 1974
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Anime convention
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An anime convention is an event or gathering with a primary focus on anime, manga and Japanese culture. Commonly, anime conventions are multi-day events hosted at convention centers and they feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Anime conventions are used as a vehicle for industry, in which studios, distributors. Anime conventions have long and varied worldwide history, the original Comiket, mostly based on fan published manga called dōjinshi, started in 1975 with around 700 people in Tokyo. In recent years, Comiket has attracted over a million people. Japanese anime conventions are heavily sponsored by studios or publishing companies and are used as platforms for new releases, in addition to Japan, convention officials at venues such as AnimeJapan have been trying to reach out to overseas manga otaku. Anime conventions started showing up in the United States in the early 1980s, project A-Kon first started in 1990, and is considered to be the first anime convention in the country, but this is disputed. It is also claimed that YamatoCon, a devoted to Japanese animation was first held in 1983 in Dallas Texas. Since then, multiple anime conventions have appeared in numerous states, since the first anime convention which brought in a few hundred people, anime conventions have exploded in popularity. AnimeCon which was held in San Jose, California in 1991 is notable for being the first convention to break the 1,000 attendance mark and it was also the first convention to receive support from American and Japanese production studios. Anime Expo which has held in California since 1992 is the largest anime convention in North America. Anime conventions in other locations, such as Europe began to take off in the Mid-1990s, aUKcon was a one-day anime convention held in London, England in 1994, and was chaired by Helen McCarthy. Salón del Manga de Barcelona, first held in Barcelona, Spain in 1995 is also one of the largest European conventions, Japan Expo in Paris is the largest convention in Europe, and in the world outside Japan. Anime conventions later spread to Australia in the late 1990s with Manifest, first held in 1998, Anime conventions typically feature a guest list as part of their makeup. A guest can be a figure, some notable examples include director Hiroyuki Kanbe, author Tsukasa Fushimi. In 2013 they screened for the first time the three episodes from the second season of Oreimo. Guests can also include artists and performers, some examples of these include Kazuki Takahashi. An anime convention represents an opportunity to interact with individuals that may not be possible outside the event
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Independence Day (United States)
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It declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. Independence Day is the National Day of the United States, Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it two days later on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail, The second day of July,1776, I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, adamss prediction was off by two days. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2,1776, although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, James Monroe, another Founding Father who was elected as President, also died on July 4,1831. He was the third President in a row who died on the anniversary of independence, calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4,1872, so far he is the only U. S. President to have been born on Independence Day. In 1777 thirteen gunshots were fired in salute, once at morning and once again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, ships in port were decked with red, white, and blue bunting. In 1778, from his headquarters at Ross Hall, near New Brunswick, New Jersey, General George Washington marked July 4 with a ration of rum for his soldiers. Across the Atlantic Ocean, ambassadors John Adams and Benjamin Franklin held a dinner for their fellow Americans in Paris, in 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5, in 1781 the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration. In 1783, Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held a celebration of July 4 with a music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled The Psalm of Joy and this is recognized as the first recorded celebration and is still celebrated there today. In 1870 the U. S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees, in 1938 Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday. Independence Day is a holiday marked by patriotic displays. Similar to other summer-themed events, Independence Day celebrations often take place outdoors, Independence Day is a federal holiday, so all non-essential federal institutions are closed on that day. Many politicians make it a point on day to appear at a public event to praise the nations heritage, laws, history, society. Families often celebrate Independence Day by hosting or attending a picnic or barbecue, many take advantage of the day off and, in some years, decorations are generally colored red, white, and blue, the colors of the American flag
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Anime music video
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An anime music video typically is a fan-made music video consisting of clips from one or more animated shows or movies set to an audio track, often songs or promotional trailer audio. AMVs are usually not official music videos released by the musicians, AMVs are most commonly posted and distributed over the Internet through AnimeMusicVideos. org or YouTube. Anime conventions frequently run AMV contests or exhibitions consisting of blocks of videos, AMVs should not be confused with music videos that employ original, professionally made animation, or with such short music video films. Parallels can be drawn between AMVs and songvids, non-animated fan-made videos using footage from movies, television series, or other sources, the first anime music video was created in 1982 by 21-year-old Jim Kaposztas. Kaposztas hooked up two VCRs to each other and edited the most violent scenes from Star Blazers to All You Need Is Love by The Beatles to produce a humorous effect. The creation of an AMV centers on using various video editing techniques to create a feeling of synchronization, some examples include, Sync editing, Using different clips from the video source and changing between them at specific times is the most important tool the AMV creator has. Often both the events in the video and the transitions between the clips are synchronized with events in the music and this synchronization is divided into two general types, internal and external. Internal synch involves synching the audio with actual events taking place in the scene, such as gunshots, external synch is instances of edited in cuts made in time with the audio. Lip-sync, the synchronization of the lip movements of a character in the video source to the lyrics of the audio. Digital effects, Using video editing software the video source can be modified in various ways, some effects are designed to be imperceptible whereas others are intended to increase synchronism with the audio, or possibly create a unique visual style for the video. Others include splicing in graphics that are not normally in the video, john Oppliger of AnimeNation has noted that fan-produced AMVs are popular mostly with Western fans but not with Japanese fans. Iron Editor, Two or more editors compete directly with one another, most commonly these bouts go for the length of hours and they are held either in person, at an anime convention, or over the Internet. In both cases there are designated judges who compare the videos, by the theme, the timing, judges will declare a winner and commonly this winner goes on to compete against other editors who have won previous parts of the competition or in a tournament-like setting. AMV Viewer Choice, The editors submit videos to competitions that are either at anime conventions or on Internet websites. In both cases the winners are decided by the viewers and sometimes the editors themselves are allowed to vote, in conventions AMVs are usually judged by the category they are competing in, for example an action video would compete with other action videos. Viewers watch the videos and they submit votes at the end of the portion of the competition. The other way that competition is held, is through an Internet website. Some websites have a way of judging the AMVs, by the category they are in
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Naruto
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Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The series is based on a manga by Kishimoto published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump. Naruto was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from the 43rd issue of 1999 to the 50th issue of 2014, the manga was later adapted into a television anime produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations on October 3,2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, as well as Naruto, Shippuden, a sequel to the series with 500 episodes, that aired on February 15,2007. In addition to the series, Studio Pierrot has developed eleven movies. Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games, Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Viz serialized Naruto in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, as well as publishing the individual volumes, the anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also released by Viz. Naruto, Shippuden was first released by Viz in North America in September 2009 and it was broadcast on Disney XD beginning in October of the same year and on Adult Swims Toonami block in January 2014. Viz Media began streaming both series on their streaming service Neon Alley in December 2012, as of October 2015, the manga has sold over 220 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling manga series in history. The manga is available in 35 countries outside Japan. It has also one of North American publisher Viz Medias best-selling manga series. Their English adaptation of the series has appeared on USA Today and The New York Times bestseller list several times, a powerful fox known as the Nine-Tails attacks Konoha, the hidden village in the Land of Fire, one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries in the Ninja World. In response, the leader of Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, seals the fox inside the body of his son, Naruto Uzumaki, at the cost of the fathers life. As a child, Naruto is isolated from the Konoha community, a decree made by the leader the Third Hokage forbids anyone mentioning the Nine-Tails to anyone else. Twelve years later, renegade ninja Mizuki reveals the truth to Naruto before being defeated by him with the Shadow Clone Jutsu technique, earning the respect of his teacher Iruka Umino. Like all the teams from every village, Team 7 is charged with completing missions requested by villagers, ranging from doing chores
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San Jose, California
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San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California. With an estimated 2015 population of 1,026,908, it is the third most populous city in California and the tenth most populous in United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the shore of San Francisco Bay. San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California. San Jose is the largest city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively. Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area around San Jose was inhabited by the Ohlone people, San Jose was founded on November 29,1777, as the Pueblo of San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town founded in Spanish Alta California. When California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose became the states first capital, following World War II, San Jose experienced an economic boom, with a rapid population growth and aggressive annexation of nearby cities and communities carried out in the 1950s and 60s. The rapid growth of the high-technology and electronics industries further accelerated the transition from a center to an urbanized metropolitan area. Results of the 1990 U. S. Census indicated that San Jose had officially surpassed San Francisco as the most populous city in Northern California, by the 1990s, San Jose and the rest of Silicon Valley had become the global center for the high tech and internet industries. San Jose is considered to be a city, notable for its affluence. San Joses location within the high tech industry, as a cultural, political. San Jose is one of the wealthiest major cities in the United States and the world, and has the third highest GDP per capita in the world, according to the Brookings Institute. Major global tech companies including Cisco Systems, eBay, Adobe Systems, PayPal, Brocade, Samsung, Acer, Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. The first lasting European presence began with a series of Franciscan missions established from 1769 by Junípero Serra, San Jose came under Mexican rule in 1821 after Mexico broke with the Spanish crown. It then became part of the United States, after it capitulated in 1846, on March 27,1850, San Jose became the second incorporated city in the state, with Josiah Belden its first mayor. San Jose was Californias first state capital, and hosted the first, today the Circle of Palms Plaza in downtown is the historical marker for the first state capital. The city was a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, in the period 1900 through 1910, San Jose served as a center for pioneering invention, innovation, and impact in both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air flight. These activities were led principally by John Montgomery and his peers, the City of San Jose has established Montgomery Park, a Monument at San Felipe and Yerba Buena Roads, and John J. Montgomery Elementary School in his honor
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Otakon
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The convention focuses on East Asian popular culture and its fandom. The name is a derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku. Otakon is one of the longest-running Anime conventions in the United States and is the 5th largest North American anime convention as of 2016, Otakon announced that an additional new convention would be created in Las Vegas, Nevada starting in 2014. At Otakon 2016, it was revealed that Otakon will be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center until Otakon 2024, in the Otakon FAQ under the question Why is Otakon so expensive. Its revealed that Otakon will be utilizing the attached Marriott Marquis Washington D. C, as one of the longest running and largest conventions of its type, Otakon offers a very broad range of programming, exhibits, and other events. Typical Otakon programming includes, Multiple video rooms in which anime, fan-produced content including fan-parodies and anime music videos are also shown. For several years, Otakon had a dedicated 35 mm film theater, panels and workshops on subjects such as voice acting, how to draw manga, Japanese culture, and a variety of other topics. Industry professionals announce new acquisitions, and expert guests discuss or show tricks of their trade, many panels and workshops are conducted by fans rather than pros. Cosplay and a skit-based Masquerade show, which in recent years had taken place inside the Royal Farms Arena, while the idea of a four-day convention has some support among the general membership, the idea has been summarily dismissed as unworkable by Otakon staff. It was attempted in 1995, over a weekend, back when Otakon fit comfortably in a small hotel. In those days, the convention could be set up in a matter of hours. Finally, it is clear that few staffers would be able to afford the extra day, with almost zero support from staff, industry, or dealers, there is virtually no chance that Otakon will ever attempt a four-day convention again. During Otakon 2010, at approximately 2,00 PM on Saturday, hours of certain events and rooms were adjusted accordingly to accommodate for lost time. This was only the second safety incident of this sort to take place during Otakon, nine years earlier, in 2001, the convention center was evacuated due to after-effects of the Howard Street Tunnel fire. This incident was spoofed in Otakons 2008 Opening Animation, in the video, Otakon has announced that in 2014 a new convention would be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada where they hope to create a smaller convention and test new ideas. As Otakon has outgrown the convention center alone, it had made use of the Royal Farms Arena for large events. The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel opened on Friday, August 22,2008, in 2009, Otakon had been promised a minimum of 30,000 square feet out of a total 45,000 square feet by the Hilton Baltimore. On February 7,2009, Otakon posted information on its panels for Otakon 2009, confirming that panel space will be in the Baltimore Convention Center and will be expanded into the Hilton Baltimore
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North America
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North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers, about 16. 5% of the land area. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 565 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7. 5% of the worlds population, North America was reached by its first human populations during the last glacial period, via crossing the Bering land bridge. The so-called Paleo-Indian period is taken to have lasted until about 10,000 years ago, the Classic stage spans roughly the 6th to 13th centuries. The Pre-Columbian era ended with the migrations and the arrival of European settlers during the Age of Discovery. Present-day cultural and ethnic patterns reflect different kind of interactions between European colonists, indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants, European influences are strongest in the northern parts of the continent while indigenous and African influences are relatively stronger in the south. Because of the history of colonialism, most North Americans speak English, Spanish or French, the Americas are usually accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci by the German cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann. Vespucci, who explored South America between 1497 and 1502, was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a different landmass previously unknown by Europeans. In 1507, Waldseemüller produced a map, in which he placed the word America on the continent of South America. He explained the rationale for the name in the accompanying book Cosmographiae Introductio, for Waldseemüller, no one should object to the naming of the land after its discoverer. He used the Latinized version of Vespuccis name, but in its feminine form America, following the examples of Europa, Asia and Africa. Later, other mapmakers extended the name America to the continent, In 1538. Some argue that the convention is to use the surname for naming discoveries except in the case of royalty, a minutely explored belief that has been advanced is that America was named for a Spanish sailor bearing the ancient Visigothic name of Amairick. Another is that the name is rooted in a Native American language, the term North America maintains various definitions in accordance with location and context. In Canadian English, North America may be used to refer to the United States, alternatively, usage sometimes includes Greenland and Mexico, as well as offshore islands
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Anime News Network
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Additionally, it sometimes features similar happenings throughout the world. Founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, the claims to be the leading English-language source for news and information about anime. The site operated, until 2008 the magazine Protoculture Addicts, the website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, current CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the editorial staff. In January 2007, ANN launched a version for Australian audiences. On July 4,2008, ANN launched its platform with a library of anime trailers as well as its own news show ANNtv. In the fall of 2004, the staff at ANN became formally involved with the anime magazine Protoculture Addicts. On September 7,2004, the Sci Fi Channel online newsletter Sci Fi Weekly named the site the Web Site of the Week. The website maintains a listing of anime and manga titles, as well as people and companies involved in the production of those titles, staff members of ANN also publish their own blogs hosted on the site. ANN also hosts forums, and includes threads to accompany each news item for purposes of discussion, anime News Network hosts an IRC channel on the WorldIRC network, #animenewsnetwork
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International Data Group
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International Data Group, Inc. is an American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization. IDG evolved from International Data Corporation which was founded in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts, IDC provides market research and advisory services and is now a subsidiary of IDG. IDG operates in 97 countries and is headquartered in Boston, IDGs brands include CIO, Computerworld, PCWorld and Macworld. IDG produces these and its publications on a national level in each country. IDGs subsidiary IDG World Expo produces large-scale events, such as conventions and these are typically conventions for technology businesses. IDG World Expo runs E for All, Macworld Conference & Expo, IDG also has its own international news agency, IDG News Service. It is headquartered in Boston and has bureaus in cities such as New York, Beijing, Amsterdam and it provides news, images, video and other editorial content to IDGs web sites and print publications worldwide. In 2005, several investors, including IDG, attempted to purchase BlogCN, IDG Books, which was a public company spun off from the privately held IDG, published the popular self-help. For Dummies books. The. For Dummies range was limited to computer related fields. The series is now published by John Wiley & Sons, IDG Books/Hungry Minds — as IDG Books was briefly renamed before being sold to Wiley in 2001 — no longer exists as a separate company. In 2014, the founder and then-owner died, leaving the corporation to the McGovern Foundation, in 2016, the corporation retained Goldman Sachs to explore a possible sale. Also at the time, International Data Group published publications such as Computerworld magazine, on March 29, China Oceanwide Holdings Group announced the close of the acquisition of International Data Group, Inc. IDG Connect, a division of International Data Group, produces, publishes and distributes local IT and business information. Founded in 2006, it has offices in Framingham, Massachusetts, IDG Ventures was founded in 1996. It is a network of venture capital funds with approximately $3.6 billion under management. The IDG Ventures network comprises five independent partnerships managing funds in North America, each partnership makes investments on behalf of its limited partners, including IDG. The latest San Francisco fund, formed in 2007, accepted other institutional investors in addition to IDG, following the successful launch of the San Francisco fund, IDG organized its non-publishing investments in China into venture funds. In 2009, IDG Ventures China renamed itself IDG Capital Partners to reflect the breadth of its half dozen funds encompassing start-up venture through growth investments, in 2000, IDG started a fund in Europe, this fund is now closed
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Ben Dunn
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Ben Dunn is an American comic book artist. Although born in Taiwan, he grew up in Taiwan, Kentucky, and San Antonio, Texas and it was in Taiwan that he was first exposed to Japanese manga. In 1984 he founded Antarctic Press, an American comic book company specializing in Manga-style titles, in 2003, he sold Antarctic to start his own development company, Sentai Studios. Dunn was also one of the artists involved in the short-lived Marvel Mangaverse project. He also worked as an animator for the science-fiction film A Scanner Darkly and his most notable creations for Antarctic are the comic book series Ninja High School and Warrior Nun Areala. Dunn now lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with his wife and two children
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Carl Macek
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His work is considered by many to have been invaluable in creating mainstream awareness of Japanese animation in the United States. Carl F. Macek came to attention in 1985 as the producer and story editor of the influential animated television series Robotech. Robotech is considered one of the titles most responsible for igniting anime fandom in North America, Macek intended to produce a sequel to Robotech, Robotech II, The Sentinels, but this project was canceled. While at Harmony Gold, Macek also produced the little-known, rarely seen Captain Harlock, Macek went on to co-found Streamline Pictures in 1988. Joining him were writers who had worked with him on Robotech, most notably, Steve Kramer, Tom Wyner, Gregory Snegoff and Ardwight Chamberlain, Streamline Pictures was one of the first American companies to successfully deal in the regular production of imported Japanese animation. As of 1993, Streamline Pictures distributed their anime through Orion Pictures and was purchased by Orion in 1996. He was working as a scriptwriter for the English dub of Naruto and Bleach for Viz Media, Macek was a co-editor of McGills Survey of the Cinema and Film Noir—An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style. He also worked as a scriptwriter for the animated series C. O. P. S. and was the consultant for the animated film Heavy Metal 2000. He recently wrote the adaptation of Brian Pulidos Lady Death. Macek adapted the treatment by Merian C. Cooper for the film project War Eagles into a novel. The book was published in the summer of 2008 by Angelgate Press, Macek became one of the most controversial figures amongst English anime fandom. Streamline Pictures-dubbed anime were among the first to be available on video as well as broadcast on cable. To this day, Anime fans still remained divided between appreciation and scorn for his work, jerry Beck, one of Maceks former business partners, revealed that Macek died of a heart attack on Saturday, April 17,2010. Barely three months before his death, Macek recorded a lengthy two and a half hour podcast interview with Anime News Network, offering an extensive retrospective on his entire career. His brief obituary in the Los Angeles Times reported the place of death as Topanga Canyon, the obituary shows a picture of him surrounded by several Robotech characters from all three series. After his death, a documentary, Carl Maceks Robotech Universe, was produced. Carl Macek at the Internet Movie Database Carl Macek at Anime News Networks encyclopedia
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Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Yoshiyuki Tomino is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, songwriter, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon Universitys College of Art and he is best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise. Tomino, began his career in 1963 with Osamu Tezukas company, Mushi Productions, scripting the storyboards and screenplay of the first Japanese anime television series, Tetsuwan Atomu. He later became one of the most important members of the anime studio Sunrise, Tomino is perhaps best known for his transformation of the Super Robot mecha anime genre into the Real Robot genre with 1979s Mobile Suit Gundam, the first in the Gundam franchise. He has also won awards, including the Best Director award at the recent 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair. Two anime series directed by Tomino won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, Tomino has collaborated with artists such as Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO and Neil Sedaka. His newer work includes Brain Powerd, Turn A Gundam, Overman King Gainer and most recently and this show, loosely based on Osamu Tezukas manga Blue Triton, showed a different perspective than the traditional good vs. evil show. The star, Triton, a 10-year-old boy, is the last survivor of the Tritons, however the viewers learn later on that the story was not so black and white after all. In 1975, Tomino worked on Brave Raideen, his first mecha work, Tomino also later worked on 1977s Voltes V. In 1977, Tomino directed Zambot 3, in its final episode, by doing so, the main protagonist survives and the Earth is saved. In 1979, Tomino directed and wrote Mobile Suit Gundam, which was influential in transforming the Super Robot mecha genre into the Real Robot genre. 1 on TV Asahis Top 100 Anime listing in 2005, in 1980, Tomino directed Space Runaway Ideon, a series which like Mobile Suit Gundam was cancelled on its initial run, but featured movie versions later on. The final Ideon movie, 1982s Be Invoked ends with all of the characters dying, however, the series he immediately directed afterwards, Xabungle, contained a much more lighthearted and upbeat theme, with the vast majority of the characters surviving, in stark contrast to Ideon. Tomino followed Xabungle with 1983s Aura Battler Dunbine which featured an ending where a number of characters were killed. Tominos next show, 1984s Heavy Metal L-Gaim was again a stark contrast to this theme, in 1985, Tomino directed the first sequel to 1979s Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. This show once again featured Tominos Killem All bent, particularly in the last few episodes, Tominos involvement in the following Gundam series, 1986s Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ created an upbeat, comedic theme whereas the earlier Gundams are of a darker theme. In 1988, Tomino concluded the saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam with the Gundam motion picture Chars Counterattack and this was another Tomino feature in which most of the heroes were killed. Tomino would direct an additional Gundam motion picture, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 in 1991 and this movie, which took place 30 years after Chars Counterattack, re-launched the Gundam saga in a new direction by featuring a completely new cast
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Oakland, California
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Oakland /ˈoʊklənd/ is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. The city was incorporated in 1852, Oaklands territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. Its land served as a resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the citys population, increasing its housing stock and it continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry. Oakland is known for its sustainability practices, including a top-ranking for usage of electricity from renewable resources, in addition, due to a steady influx of immigrants during the 20th century, along with thousands of African-American war-industry workers who relocated from the Deep South during the 1940s. Oakland is the most ethnically diverse city in the country. The earliest known inhabitants were the Huchiun Indians, who lived there for thousands of years, the Huchiun belonged to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone. In Oakland, they were concentrated around Lake Merritt and Temescal Creek, in 1772, the area that later became Oakland was claimed, with the rest of California, by Spanish settlers for the King of Spain. In the early 19th century, the Spanish crown granted the East Bay area to Luis María Peralta for his Rancho San Antonio, the grant was confirmed by the successor Mexican republic upon its independence from Spain. Upon his death in 1842, Peralta divided his land among his four sons, Most of Oakland fell within the shares given to Antonio Maria and Vicente. The portion of the parcel that is now Oakland was called encinal—Spanish for oak grove—due to the oak forest that covered the area. In 1851, three men—Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon—began developing what is now downtown Oakland, on May 4,1852, the Town of Oakland incorporated. Two years later, on March 25,1854, Oakland re-incorporated as the City of Oakland, with Horace Carpentier elected the first mayor, the city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, a number of horsecar and cable car lines were constructed in Oakland during the latter half of the 19th century. The first electric streetcar set out from Oakland to Berkeley in 1891, at the time of incorporation, Oakland consisted of the territory that lay south of todays major intersection of San Pablo Avenue, Broadway, and Fourteenth Street. The city gradually annexed farmlands and settlements to the east and the north, Oaklands rise to industrial prominence, and its subsequent need for a seaport, led to the digging of a shipping and tidal channel in 1902. This resulted in the town of Alameda being made an island
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Anaheim Convention Center
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Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue, the original components, designed by Adrian Wilson & Associates, opened in July 1967—including a basketball arena followed shortly by the convention hall. It holds many events, like VidCon, BlizzCon, Anime Expo, WonderCon, NAMM Show, competitions, in addition to hosting various types of conventions, the Anaheim Convention Center was used to host the wrestling during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The center has undergone five major expansions. It is the largest exhibit facility on the West Coast, originally, the arena was home to the Anaheim Amigos of the American Basketball Association during the first ABA season, 1967–68. The Stars subsequent fan support in Utah set the foundation for the NBAs Utah Jazz, the San Diego Friars of WTT played some of their home matches in the arena between 1975 and 1977. In 1978, the Anaheim Oranges of WTT used the arena as their home venue. The arena was home to the California Surf of the NASL for one indoor season. According to frequent news reports, the largest exposition held at the Convention Center in recent years has been the Winter NAMM Show and this music-equipment convention had 1,560 exhibitors and a record-breaking 88,100 attendees during the 2008 show. The NAMM Show has been running at the Anaheim Center since 1977, the Anime Expo was hosted at the Anaheim Convention Center in 1996 and again from 2003 through 2006 and was one of the convention centers biggest public events. Blizzard Entertainment holds BlizzCon at the venue, in 2005, BlizzCon used the northern two conference halls. In 2007 and 2008, it used three conference halls, in 2009, it used four conference halls. While tickets to the 2007 event sold out in 3 days, tickets to the October 2008 event sold out within minutes, tickets to the 2010 Blizzcon reportedly sold out within 30 seconds. Another large convention held at the Center is the Medical Design and Manufacturing Show, the venue served as the site for wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The venue hosted the Big West Conferences mens and womens basketball tournaments from 2001 to 2010. It was briefly home to the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Development League, during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the Los Angeles Clippers were forced to move Game 4 of their NBA playoff series versus the Utah Jazz to the Convention Center. VidCon has been held at the Anaheim Convention Center since its annual event in 2012. The new venue offered a larger capacity than the previously used Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles
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Anaheim, California
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Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 336,265, making it the most populous city in Orange County, Anaheim remained largely a rural community until Disneyland opened in the city in 1955. This led to the construction of hotels and motels around the area. The city also developed into a center, producing electronics, aircraft parts. Anaheims city limits extend from Cypress in the west to the Riverside County line in the east and encompass a diverse collection of neighborhoods, Anaheim Hills is a master-planned community located in the citys eastern stretches that is home to many of the citys affluent. Downtown Anaheim has three historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. The Anaheim Resort, a district, includes Disneyland, Disney California Adventure. The Platinum Triangle, a redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium, is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets. Finally, Anaheim Canyon is a district north of California State Route 91. Anaheims name is a blend of Ana, after the nearby Santa Ana River, and heim, the city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia in Bavaria. For $750 a share, the formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company. Their new community was named Annaheim, meaning home by the Santa Anna River in German, the name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán, although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. The community set aside 40 acres for a center and a school was the first building erected there. The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870, for 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines, other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the railroad network in 1887. The famous Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julian Sypniewski, while living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger, the second wife of August Langenberger
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Hideaki Anno
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Hideaki Anno is a Japanese animator, film director and actor. He is best known for his part in creating the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. He married manga artist Moyoko Anno on April 27,2002. Anime directed by Anno that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water in 1990, Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995 and 1996, and The End of Evangelion in 1997. Anno is an agnostic and has stated that he has found Japanese spiritualism to be closest to his beliefs, Anno began his career after attending Osaka University of Arts as an animator for the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Wrapped up in producing the DAICON III and IV Opening Animations with his fellow students, Anno did not gain recognition until the release of his work on Hayao Miyazakis 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Running short on animators, the production studio posted an ad in the famous Japanese animation magazine Animage. Anno, in his twenties at the time, read the ad and headed down to the films studio. Impressed with his ability, Miyazaki hired him to some of the most complicated scenes near the end of the movie. Anno went on to one of the co-founders of Gainax in December 1984. However, Anno fell into a depression following Nadia — the series was handed down to him from NHK from an original concept by Hayao Miyazaki. In 1994, the minor planet 9081 Hideakianno was named after him by his old friend Akimasa Nakamura, Annos next project was the anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which would be touted as an influential animated series. During the shows production, Anno became disenchanted with the Japanese otaku lifestyle, for this and other reasons, Evangelions plot became increasingly dark and psychological as the series progressed, despite being broadcast in a childrens television timeslot. The show did not garner high ratings in Japan at its time slot. Budgeting issues at Gainax also forced Anno to replace the ending of Evangelion with two episodes set in the main characters minds. After these last two episodes were aired, Anno received numerous letters and emails from fans, both congratulating him on the series and criticizing the last two episodes, among these were death threats and letters of disappointment from fans who thought Anno had ruined the series for them. In 1997, Gainax launched a project to re-adapt Evangelions scrapped ending into a feature-length film, once again, budgeting issues left the film unfinished, and the completed 27 minutes of animation were included as the second act of Evangelion, Death and Rebirth. Eventually, the project culminated in The End of Evangelion, a film that served as a finale to Neon Genesis Evangelion
